Today in San Francisco, Sony unveiled the final form of its motion controller, the PlayStation Move. It’s a solution that seems to look more like Nintendo’s Wii Remote than Microsoft’s Project Natal — though it includes both camera and accelerometer technology. On stage during the event, SCEA marketing head Peter Dille talked about the product in terms of a platform launch.... 

Study finds worldwide retail, downloadable, and advertising revenues for computer games up 3 percent; retail now less than 20% of PC market. Last year was a rough one for the gaming industry as a whole, with market research firm The NPD Group finding that the US retail sector’s total gaming revenues for 2009 slipped 8 percent year-over-year . Despite that, the PC Gaming Alliance today is saying... 

DualShockers writes, “Microsoft has told CVG recently that digital distribution will be the future of home entertainment. They remain vigilant in their position, even after developers like Lost Planet 2 producer Jun Takeuchi have made the point that storage space is becoming more and more of an issue for the Xbox 360. Portions of many popular games are being removed, then there’s the whole... 

3D gesture recognition software company Softkinetic announced that Mike Nichols, formerly executive producer on Microsoft’s Project Natal, has joined its game development team at Softkinetic Studios. The company says that Nichols will lead its expansion of media and content development, and will oversee the design, development, and production of commercial gesture-based games for 3D gameras... 

The release of Madden NFL 11 this summer will mark the beginning of a new shift in policy for publisher Electronic Arts—they will sell all the in-game advertisements themselves. Previously the company had relied on third-party in-game ad specialists, such as Massive Inc. and IGA Worldwide reports MediaWeek . EA’s Senior Vice President of Global Media Sales Elizabeth Harz said the move... 

Electronic Arts’ Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 will include support for the PlayStation motion controller – currently believed to be codenamed “Arc” – but not Microsoft’s Project Natal. The latest iteration of the franchise was unveiled at the ongoing Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, for the PS3, Xbox 360, Wii and iPhone. The game is due to be released on... 

Software revenues for the PC games market rose by 3 per cent last year to a total of $13.1 billion, according to the new 2009 Horizons Report from the PC Gaming Alliance (PCGA). The non-profit corporation, which includes members such as Microsoft, Intel, AMD, Epic, NVIDIA, GameStop and Dell, sources data from every region in the world and covers retail sales, online gaming, digital distribution and... 

Alex St John has told GamesIndustry.biz that he believes the reason Microsoft and Sony haven’t announced a new generation of consoles is because it’s no longer clear what they can do to improve on the systems they are already offering. The former executive at Microsoft and WildTanget, and now president of social games business hi5, said that the Wii proves that high-tech consoles aren’t... 

First add-on to controversy-stricken Call of Duty game arrives on Microsoft’s console in three weeks; PS3, PC DLC coming afterward; game reaches 25 million unique players across all platforms. Get the full article at GameSpot ” PC | Modern Warfare 2 map pack hits Xbox Live March 30 ” was posted by Tor Thorsen on Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:38:44 -0800 More here: PC | Modern Warfare 2 map... 

The game development platform lands on Microsoft’s new mobile OS. View post: GDC 10: Microsoft Unveils XNA for Windows Phone 7 Bookmark It Hide Sites  Read More →

With Ferrari having finally returned to the Need for Speed stable of automobiles, Electronic Arts is releasing even more DLC for last year’s Shift. The new Exotic Racing Series Pack will be launching next week on Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network, and will run you 800 Microsoft Points ($10.00). Read the original: More Need For Speed: Shift DLC On The Way Bookmark It Hide... 

Half-Life studio announces full support of Apple’s OS for Steam, catalog hits this April; Portal 2 compatibility confirmed; all future games getting simultaneous PC, Mac, 360 release. Apple’s OS X operating system for Macs has largely been regarded by game designers as the unimportant step-cousin to Microsoft’s ubiquitous Windows interface for PCs. Today, Valve announced plans that... 

Steel yourselves, plastic guitar aficionados, for all is proceeding exactly as the vulgar prophet Eric Cartman foretold nearly six months ago — relentless hordes of Lady Gaga DLC loom over Rock Band ’s horizon. A four-pack of tracks from the flamboyant pop star will besiege the Xbox 360 and Wii next Tuesday, March 16. PlayStation 3 users have a bit more time to prepare, as the DLC isn’t... 

For the longest time, since before their console was even released, Sony was quick to point out this generation of “console wars” would be a marathon — with the PlayStation 3 the slow-and-steady tortoise that would eventually outlast their seemingly speedier competition. Now, it looks like they’re starting to convince some industry experts that may be the case: MCV reports... 

Microsoft has announced version 4.0 of its XNA Game Studio development package, which includes support for its new Windows Phone 7 Series, as well as enhancing features for Xbox 360 and PC game development. The details have been posted on Microsoft developer blogs, including this lengthy post from XNA Development Platform lead program manager Michael Klucher and this quick breakdown on MSDN from Shawn... 

NextGN writes: “All my excitement and anticipation for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 motion controller, Natal, is snuffed out. I remember watching E3 last year and feeling slightly embarrassed for Sony when they unveiled their motion controlling prototype – Natal seemed to have it all, their live demonstration was amazing Read the original here: NextGN: Natal is Fatal for the Xbox 360 Bookmark...